What was your fasting BG today?
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116 (6.44)0
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235 today, but I'm fighting some kind of illness.0
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Woke up at 3AM sweating like crazy and shaking. Didn't know what that was so I checked my blood sugar and it was 70!! Ate a little bit of apple juice, a small banana and some peanut butter and felt better. Now I'm at ...76. Hmmm...thats not normal for me.... What should I do to bring it up?0
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eat a normal breakfast... contact your dr if you are nervous, if it becomes routine then you most likely need to have your meds adjusted1
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Thanks. It's never happened before. Glad I have my first endo appt on Monday.0
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eat a normal breakfast... contact your dr if you are nervous, if it becomes routine then you most likely need to have your meds adjusted
I did (bacon egg cheese tortilla) and it went up to 170 2hours later. .. I had a couple drinks last night which I normally don t and took my Levemir so thinking that had a lot to do with the drastic drop. I am hoping tomorrow will be "normal"0 -
liquor can cause unusual blood sugar levels... often lows. which is why they tell us not to drink....1
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I was never told not to drink because of diabetes. I am not supposed because of my pancreas, which is why i haven't in like 6 months. Since the two are related I should have guessed there would be an issue
Now I know. Learning curve.0 -
Hi,
Type 2
I have two lancing kits, one for upstairs - fasting and bedtime, one for downstairs for random tests. I'm waiting on my new lancet to replace my broken one upstairs. The needle cap got lost or thrown out accidentally.I am doing it anyway, and it hurts.
I wanted a new Bluetooth meter but my pharmacist turned me down. The test strips are different and not covered because I already have two kits
Yesterday, I was 133. Before that, I was breaking 100. Two days were 96!!! This current siege included a random reading (after 3 hours with no food) of 517. So, my current readings are not bad at all.
I thought my diabetes was "in remission" until about 5 months ago. There's no such thing; I made that up and wanted it to be true. I changed jobs, and people brought donuts and other goodies every day, and finally it got me. I am also on a beta blocker and developed insulin resistance. I gained weight. I'm really unhappy about all this because I thought the diabetes was "gone" I had been getting into fitness, a Mediterranean diet, and most of that's different since the siege.
It's now hot outside and Ben & Jerry are out of my life.
I would like some new friends fighting type 2. My grandfather had it and died in an E.R. mistake before I was born. He was 62. I plan on being here WAY longer.
My logbook is MySugar and I love it. I also enjoy rebounding, as in the video linked here.
https://youtu.be/WUCYhjeVqEQ
Best,
Robin0 -
liquor can cause unusual blood sugar levels... often lows. which is why they tell us not to drink....
Very true with wine/champagne. (Beer acts like a starch, apparently - even near beer.) On New Year's Eve, I have a few sips of champagne and then I take my blood at bedtime and it's suddenly quite low. And just a tiny, tiny bit for ringing in the New Year. I have no idea about hard liquor.
Thanks for the information.
Best,
Robin
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robinmarkz wrote: »liquor can cause unusual blood sugar levels... often lows. which is why they tell us not to drink....
Very true with wine/champagne. (Beer acts like a starch, apparently - even near beer.) On New Year's Eve, I have a few sips of champagne and then I take my blood at bedtime and it's suddenly quite low. And just a tiny, tiny bit for ringing in the New Year. I have no idea about hard liquor.
Thanks for the information.
Best,
Robin
I was drinking vodka0 -
i drink, very moderatley (3-5 drinks a month) mainly with dinner... beer, wine, gin, cognac and scotch makes no matter.. i plan for it and have dessert... this is what works for me. i only take meformin for my sugar. my doctor whined a little at the beginning and i went 6 months without any alcohol, boring. talk to your doctor and perhaps you can work out a safe plan.
all that said last night i had a dry martini (6parts gin, 1part vermouth) just after dinner, then ice cream for dessert... morning BG: 110 (6.11)0 -
i drink, very moderatley (3-5 drinks a month) mainly with dinner... beer, wine, gin, cognac and scotch makes no matter.. i plan for it and have dessert... this is what works for me. i only take meformin for my sugar. my doctor whined a little at the beginning and i went 6 months without any alcohol, boring. talk to your doctor and perhaps you can work out a safe plan.
all that said last night i had a dry martini (6parts gin, 1part vermouth) just after dinner, then ice cream for dessert... morning BG: 110 (6.11)
Im so lost...my numbers are all over. I only took 10 units last night and tgia morning i am at 171. (241 when i went to bed) I have lots of dietary and med/supplement questions. Since I have these underlying pancreas issues I'm not supposed to have any alcohol, the other night was the first time in months.0 -
i drink, very moderatley (3-5 drinks a month) mainly with dinner... beer, wine, gin, cognac and scotch makes no matter.. i plan for it and have dessert... this is what works for me. i only take meformin for my sugar. my doctor whined a little at the beginning and i went 6 months without any alcohol, boring. talk to your doctor and perhaps you can work out a safe plan.
all that said last night i had a dry martini (6parts gin, 1part vermouth) just after dinner, then ice cream for dessert... morning BG: 110 (6.11)
Im so lost...my numbers are all over. I only took 10 units last night and tgia morning i am at 171. (241 when i went to bed) I have lots of dietary and med/supplement questions. Since I have these underlying pancreas issues I'm not supposed to have any alcohol, the other night was the first time in months.
Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution will give you a ton of great information, but you have to put in the time and effort to read and digest it.
Diabetes is a disease you beat with knowledge, not luck!2 -
5/2 - 97
5/3 - 92
5/4 - 89
5/5 - 92
5/6 - 94
... but i took myself off my meds about a week back (metformin), so I'm feeling ok with being up ~5-10 points over what i was, but still under 100. I still get spikes in my fasting and 2h. pp numbers if I fail to keep my carbs under about 35g/day (at about 60g/day I get +10-20 in fasting) or miss exercising more than than a day or two (+5-10 in fasting.)
Hoping that gets to the point I can check once every 4-5 days just to make sure things are on track after I lose another 30lbs or so.1 -
5/2 - 97
5/3 - 92
5/4 - 89
5/5 - 92
5/6 - 94
... but i took myself off my meds about a week back (metformin), so I'm feeling ok with being up ~5-10 points over what i was, but still under 100. I still get spikes in my fasting and 2h. pp numbers if I fail to keep my carbs under about 35g/day (at about 60g/day I get +10-20 in fasting) or miss exercising more than than a day or two (+5-10 in fasting.)
Hoping that gets to the point I can check once every 4-5 days just to make sure things are on track after I lose another 30lbs or so.
Great progress.
How much Metformin had you been taking, and how high are your PP levels?0 -
117 (6.5)0
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74 and shakey0
